After a two week trip to Jinan, Zhengzhou, Nanning, Ningbo and Wuhan – here are my travel related observations about (mostly) Central China. Everyone codeshares on everyone Chinese airlines are predominantly state-owned (major exception is Hainan Airlines, which nobody really knows who owns it). Many like China Eastern, Xiamen Air and China Southern (they recently […]
We have made a number of exciting changes in Mighty Travels Premium Version 3.7 that you may find helpful. 1) Invite friends for $$$ You can now earn credits for any friends you invite to Mighty Travels Premium. If you invite 12 friends during a 12 months period, that take an “active trial”, your subscription […]
– as we predicted last summer the transatlantic low cost market is coming under increasing pressure. After the demise of Primera and withdrawal of long-haul services by WOW only Norwegian is left and they are struggling enormously to stay afloat until summer (when fares are high enough to bring on serious cash) – IHG is […]
– Uber is rolling out Uber Rewards finally in several metro markets (it will pop up in your app) and Lyft quickly announced a rewards program too The benefits aren’t too exciting with 1-2% off most rides and priority pickup and the ability to cancel for free (sometimes). Do you still remember the Uber and […]
Have a look at some of my favorite views from the United Kingdom.
– American is ordering 48 787s scheduled to be delivered from on 2020 to get rid of the 767/ A330 and is replacing their A350 order (that was done by US Airways) Sounds like a solid choice as the airline already has a a number of 787 delivered/ on order. Long Haul planes run somewhere […]
– SAS throws in a free five day car rental if you book a round trip ticket for two on SAS from the US There is no reason to go out of your way for this one – but if the flights are competitively priced it’s a nice bonus. – if you ever checked prices […]
Qatar Airways is running an interesting promotion to earn 500,000 QMiles in connection to their new services launched recently. – Sohar – Prague – Kiev All these new flights launch during August – certainly not a busy time in the Gulf. The promotion calls for you being a passenger on all three inaugural flight services […]
I have been traveling for 20 years and lived in Europe, Asia and the US for extended periods. I’d call myself an experienced traveler but that still is not enough to avoid many travel ripoffs. Here is my personal TOP 13 (or bottom 13). Travel Ripoff I – The eternal taxi scam This must be […]